2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election


The 2021 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the next lieutenant governor of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax was eligible to run for a second term, but instead unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. On November 3, Hala Ayala conceded the race, making Republican Winsome Earle-Sears the first black woman to be elected to the lieutenant governorship of Virginia or any statewide office, as well as the first woman elected lieutenant governor in Virginia's history.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Republican convention

After months of uncertainty, the Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee decided to hold an "unassembled convention" to select their nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, as opposed to holding a state run primary. The convention was held on May 8 using ranked choice voting.

Candidates

Nominated at convention

Defeated at convention

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Hala
Ayala 		Winsome
Earle-Sears 		OtherUndecided
The Trafalgar Group October 29–31, 20211,081 ± 3.0%47%50%1%2%
Echelon Insights October 27–29, 2021611 ± 4.0%46%48%–6%
Roanoke CollegeOctober 14–28, 2021571 ± 4.7%46%44%0%10%
The Washington Post/Schar SchoolOctober 20–26, 20211,107 ± 3.5%48%44%3%3%
The Washington Post/Schar SchoolOctober 20–26, 2021918 ± 4.0%50%46%1%3%
Christopher Newport UniversityOctober 17–25, 2021944 ± 3.5%49%48%–3%
Suffolk UniversityOctober 21–24, 2021500 ± 4.4%46%44%–10%
co/efficient October 20–21, 2021785 ± 3.5%46%47%–7%
Cygnal October 19–21, 2021816 ± 3.4%47%47%–6%
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityOctober 9–21, 2021722 ± 6.4%36%35%16%13%
Data for Progress October 4–15, 20211,589 ± 2.0%47%42%3%8%
Christopher Newport UniversitySeptember 27 – October 6, 2021802 ± 4.2%48%44%–8%
Roanoke CollegeSeptember 12–26, 2021603 ± 4.6%45%40%1%14%
KAConsulting LLC September 17–19, 2021700 ± 3.7%34%24%3%40%
Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySeptember 7–15, 2021731 ± 6.9%33%30%20%16%
University of Mary WashingtonSeptember 7–13, 20211,000 ± 3.1%38%38%6%18%
University of Mary WashingtonSeptember 7–13, 2021528 ± 4.1%41%47%2%10%
Monmouth UniversityAugust 24–29, 2021802 ± 3.5%43%42%2%14%
Christopher Newport UniversityAugust 15–23, 2021800 ± 3.6%52%42%1%6%
Roanoke CollegeAugust 3–17, 2021558 ± 4.2%42%36%2%20%
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAugust 4–15, 2021770 ± 5.4%38%31%19%12%
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAugust 4–15, 2021~747 ± 5.5%39%31%17%12%
JMC Analytics and Polling June 9–12, 2021550 ± 4.2%42%36%–22%

Results

Hopewell was the lone county or city that voted for different parties for governor and lieutenant governor, as it voted for Republican Glenn Youngkin for the former and Democrat Hala Ayala for the latter.

By county and city

Independent cities have been italicized.
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Earle-Sears won six of 11 congressional districts, including two that were represented by Democrats.
DistrictAyalaEarle-SearsRepresentative
41%59%Rob Wittman
46%54%Elaine Luria
62%38%Bobby Scott
57%43%Donald McEachin
40%60%Bob Good
34%66%Ben Cline
45%55%Abigail Spanberger
73%27%Don Beyer
26%74%Morgan Griffith
52%47%Jennifer Wexton
67%33%Gerry Connolly